Justin Keene

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Justin’s work explores concepts of identity and representation in South Africa, reviewing the ethics of photographic practice and the impact for contemporary art. Past projects ‘Being for the Other’ and ‘It Must Be Built From Ashes’ construct narratives that reflect on South Africa as a postcolony. Justin’s current body of work, ‘Walls in the Riverbed’, looks at the importance of the photographic archive and found material for interpreting visual media in contemporary contexts — exploring personal relationships with colonial histories. Having recently returned from continuing his new project in South Africa, Justin is currently based in London working on a book Dummy for ‘Walls in the Riverbed’

Clients include: Christian Dior, Malone Souliers, Nataal, Public Ambition & AWAY Travel

Represented by
Galerie Number 8, Brussels — galerienumber8.com
Messums, London — messumslondon.com

AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS

FEATURES / PUBLICATIONS

2021

Aint-Bad Magazine — Issue 15
EMC Magazine
The Best of LensCulture Volume 4 — Schilt Publishing

2020

Paper Journal — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Booooooom — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Zero Nine Magazine — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Musée Magazine — Photo Journal Monday
Life Framer Collection
GUP Fresh Eyes
POCC Magazine
HERE Magazine
Nataal — Blessing Ngobeni & Teresa Kutala Firmino
Nataal — Victoria Yards Johannesburg
Nataal — Ayanda Mabulu
Nataal — Lance Lightyear
Nataal — Lynda Dawn

2019

It's Nice That
YWYW Magazine
Oath Magazine — South Africa
Fresh Eyes × GUP Magazine — New European Photography
The Independent Photographer — Talents of the Year
Untitled — Curated by Henry Jay Kamara × Vibbar
ArtPremium — Art Basel Miami

2018

Portrait of Britain — BJP × Hoxton Mini Press
Aint-Bad Magazine
Float Magazine